--- origsrc/src/ls.c	2023-08-29 05:39:27.000000000 -0600
+++ src/src/ls.c	2023-09-10 13:32:12.438677000 -0600
@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@
 # include <sys/capability.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef __CYGWIN__
+# include "cygwin.h"
+#endif
+
 #define PROGRAM_NAME (ls_mode == LS_LS ? "ls" \
                       : (ls_mode == LS_MULTI_COL \
                          ? "dir" : "vdir"))
@@ -791,6 +795,11 @@ static char const *long_time_format[2] =
     N_("%b %e %H:%M")
   };
 
+#if __CYGWIN__
+/* Whether .exe should be appended to command-line args as needed.  */
+static bool append_exe;
+#endif /* __CYGWIN__ */
+
 /* The set of signals that are caught.  */
 
 static sigset_t caught_signals;
@@ -826,6 +835,9 @@ enum
 enum
 {
   AUTHOR_OPTION = CHAR_MAX + 1,
+#ifdef __CYGWIN__
+  APPEND_EXE_OPTION,
+#endif
   BLOCK_SIZE_OPTION,
   COLOR_OPTION,
   DEREFERENCE_COMMAND_LINE_SYMLINK_TO_DIR_OPTION,
@@ -891,6 +903,9 @@ static struct option const long_options[
   {"block-size", required_argument, nullptr, BLOCK_SIZE_OPTION},
   {"context", no_argument, 0, 'Z'},
   {"author", no_argument, nullptr, AUTHOR_OPTION},
+#ifdef __CYGWIN__
+  {"append-exe", no_argument, nullptr, APPEND_EXE_OPTION},
+#endif
   {GETOPT_HELP_OPTION_DECL},
   {GETOPT_VERSION_OPTION_DECL},
   {nullptr, 0, nullptr, 0}
@@ -2233,6 +2248,12 @@ decode_switches (int argc, char **argv)
           quoting_style_opt = literal_quoting_style;
           break;
 
+#ifdef __CYGWIN__
+	 case APPEND_EXE_OPTION:
+	   append_exe = true;
+	   break;
+#endif
+
         case_GETOPT_HELP_CHAR;
 
         case_GETOPT_VERSION_CHAR (PROGRAM_NAME, AUTHORS);
@@ -3373,6 +3394,12 @@ gobble_file (char const *name, enum file
   uintmax_t blocks = 0;
   struct fileinfo *f;
 
+#ifdef __CYGWIN__
+  char *name_alt = nullptr;
+  if (command_line_arg && append_exe && 0 < cygwin_spelling (name))
+    CYGWIN_APPEND_EXE (name_alt, name);
+#endif /* __CYGWIN__ */
+
   /* An inode value prior to gobble_file necessarily came from readdir,
      which is not used for command line arguments.  */
   affirm (! command_line_arg || inode == NOT_AN_INODE_NUMBER);
@@ -3507,11 +3534,19 @@ gobble_file (char const *name, enum file
           f->scontext = UNKNOWN_SECURITY_CONTEXT;
 
           if (command_line_arg)
-            return 0;
+	     {
+#ifdef __CYGWIN__
+	       freea (name_alt);
+#endif
+	       return 0;
+	     }
 
           f->name = xstrdup (name);
           cwd_n_used++;
 
+#ifdef __CYGWIN__
+	   freea (name_alt);
+#endif
           return 0;
         }
 
@@ -3688,6 +3723,9 @@ gobble_file (char const *name, enum file
   f->name = xstrdup (name);
   cwd_n_used++;
 
+#ifdef __CYGWIN__
+  freea (name_alt);
+#endif
   return blocks;
 }
 
@@ -5612,6 +5650,11 @@ Sort entries alphabetically if none of -
       --zero                 end each output line with NUL, not newline\n\
   -1                         list one file per line\n\
 "), stdout);
+#if __CYGWIN__
+      fputs (_("\
+      --append-exe           append .exe if cygwin magic was needed\n\
+"), stdout);
+#endif /* __CYGWIN__ */
       fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
       fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION, stdout);
       emit_size_note ();